I tried so hard but could not get into this book. Most of the names were so similar that sometimes I couldn’t figure out which character was being referenced. The fact that some characters die but still pop up back in the story did not help me. They moved so quickly from one character thread to another that I stopped caring about the story. After awhile I got tired of fighting it and gave up halfway through. I wanted to get to the end to see if it made up for it or tied everything together because so many reviewers loved this book but life is too short and my book pile is too big.